Another year has passed,

And a new year is about to begin,
Everything you put your mind to,
Will be accomplished and you will win.

Just look forward in your life,
And set your goals for the year,
Then have a glass of champagne,
And bring in alot of cheer.

So don’t look back at the past,
Believe this year will be the best,
All of your dreams are there for you,
Because you are so very blessed.

Happy New Year!

2011 must rank as a year of major confrontations, sparking off a chain of rumours regarding the imminent fall of the government and creating an atmosphere of instability in the country.

Here’s to a waaanderful new year and happy days spent drinking Chai with family and friends.

Much love!

- Photo taken at a Street Cafe in Changla Gali

A couple of days late, but Happy New year nonetheless

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ایک اور سال تمام ہوا۔ 2012ء کی صبحِ اول کے سورج کے نام محسن نقوی کی ایک نظم جو سال 2010ء کی آمد پر پہلے بھی شیئر کی تھی۔ایک بار پھر۔ نئے سال کی صبحِ اول کے سورج! میرے آنسوؤں … ← پڑھنا جاری رکھیں

There is little at least, if not a lot, to be gained from having an optimistic outlook towards life. I’ll be honest when I say I haven’t ever believed that entirely in my life. But from being pessimistic and negative for the most part, I’ve come to realise painfully the absence of optimism and how much it has the potential to scar you emotionally. It would also be wrong to say that it doesn’t hurt to be optimistic. Disappointment from something you had strong hopes for, can hurt you in a very real way. But, that is a price you can usually afford to pay.

Lying in bed, trying to think of what if anything phenomenal I accomplished throughout the year that is no more I am forced to draw nothing. I can’t remember anything significant I did. That doesn’t mean I didn’t do anything worthwhile or significant to any extent. I just can’t remember. It’s probably due to the cracking headache I’m having. I don’t know.

The year passed by so quick, it’s hard to say where it went. I’m not the kind of person, as much as I try to be otherwise, who makes clear, real goals and lives by them. That doesn’t mean I’ve no goals. I do. I’m just not obsessed with the whole goal-setting thing. Although a lot of times I think that things around me simply unfold themselves, and I naturally flow through them.

Work wise, this was the year where I tackled many different projects, of varying complexities and sizes. I learned a lot of new things. Of import were my exercises in finding ways to deploy both Django and web.py Python frameworks on IIS on Windows. I went on to write a guide to deploying web.py on IIS which got accepted into the official cookbook documentation for the web.py project.

Insofar as tech gadgets are concerned, I was lucky enough to upgrade to the high-end Apple’s MacBook Pros, especially since my previous MacBook had developed several faults. Very late in the year I made what was perhaps the best decision in terms of buying anything when I bought the iPad2. It would be an understatement to say that it has had an impact on my life. The iPad has had a phenomenal impact on my life. If it is any testament to that statement, I’m writing this post on the Elements app on the iPad and will publish it using the WordPress app. I’m so glad I made the decision to buy it after much deliberation.

This year saw a lot by way of reading. I bought more books in paperback and committed myself to reading more. Not only that, I also forced myself to reading, daily, two dozen different interesting feeds. With the coming of the iPad, my reading saw an exponential increase, not only in the form of ebooks but many online feeds and content sources. A man must read, in order to survive. I believe strongly in that.

On the personal side, there were certain events that shook my life. It didn’t affect anyone’s but my own life, but they had a huge impact on me, and not sadly in positive ways. My emotional self took a battering. I also played a small part in helping save a friend’s life from half way across the globe. Thankfully, this year saw family bonds getting a little stronger, which I am very grateful for.

With regards to tennis, this was a great year for me. My game improved by leaps and bounds and I played some of the best tennis of my life. I have been more and more in love with tennis every passing day. Sometimes I think that that is the only true love left in my life.

All in all, I can’t say that the year was bad for me, nor would I want to say it was great. It was a balanced mix of both good and bad. Regardless, I’m thankful for everything and everything. I’ve been blessed beyond what I care to realise. You only need look at someone less fortunate than yourself to realise what you have been given. I do that almost everyday. And I feel bad about those severely less fortunate in particular. Yet I’m also guilty of forcing myself in a bubble at times that hides away the outside from me. I should always realise. I should always be grateful.

My best wishes to each and everyone of you. Please stay safe and be well! A very happy new year to you.

Thank you!

A few days back I was telling a colleague the importance of celebrating the new year. I told him that it’s all about letting yourself know that a big change is imminent, and when it happens, your mind would acknowledge it and be more… aware. It obviously will not continue on with the same monotonous routine that you have had all along, but would seek to synchronize with this change that everyone seems to be talking about. So even if you haven’t planned out anything for the new year, and even though you’re still confused about what you expect from your self, I don’t think you need to worry at all. All you need to do is accept that fact that something big is about to change in around 60 minutes from now, and you need to be a part of your change.

Do that, and then watch your subconscious spring into action.

I think I did something like that last year, though I had some defined plans too. Thankfully, much has been achieved, though something which I have been thinking of doing for quite some time now has not. Maybe I’m worrying about it too much, and all the worry is making me anxious, filling me with fears, doubts, and frustrations, which eventually bog me down. But let us not lose hope, and based on what I said earlier, let’s just let it flow this time and see what happens. The white waters always crash against rocks, increasing the turbulence, the speed, the chaotic generation of waves, the terrifying sound… but it all eventually falls down to the peaceful waters below.

Sometimes I wonder what kind of risks are we supposed to take in life, what their “intensity” should be, and how much planning do we need to do before we take them. Exactly what level of fear should we experience when we are about to make a decision that will change our lives. Do we even need to feel fear to dictate our lives? Would we be able to live sanely without it? I think what we should realize is that if we fear that a risk that we might take will destroy us completely, we should also fear the misery we would be in if we never took that risk, never knew how it would feel like. Reiterating from a previous post on this blog, I had written a line on my wall this year, and its still up there, and will probably be there till someone new moves in and rubs if off. It kept me alive and going, though I don’t think I have achieved much, even though I completed my primary objectives. But I spent a lot of time wondering, thinking, and fearing, the things which I need to clean up for the new year.

But I have noticed something very different in my 2011, something bright and vivid, and it makes me smile every time. I felt completely in sync with my subconscious at times, and I enjoyed watching some events unfold just as I wanted them to. At times it seemed to easy, and I felt that might be underachieving, or maybe my target were set too low. I realized the importance of “thinking big”, of keeping a bigger picture in our heads for us to process later on. Who knows what might pop up during the year and get you completely by surprise.

So here we go, the important points for me to program in my subconscious for 2012:

1. Think less, do much more. Very important, do not ignore this. Following general intuition and going commando is sometimes the best way out of a tricky situation. A little ventilation can help, you know…
2. Focus and execute whatever you are trying to do more. Need to filter out the things I might be wasting my energies on.
3. Get ready to smash into the rocks. A few bruises probably won’t look too bad, eh?

And while we’re at it, I should also add that I probably need to brush up on my cooking skills; these French toasts I just made taste more like boiled rubber with cheese. I probably shouldn’t have used fresh butter to fry them.

Alright, so here’s here to another smashing new year! I hope it brings us peace and happiness, because that’s all we need. I’ll share a truly beautiful track I heard in the movie Cairo Time. And the screen capture in the video has a line that says it all:

Sometimes you need to forget the rules and remember your heart.

Happy new year

It’s finally here, 2012. The Mayans would have you believe that we’re headed towards something apocalyptic . But that’s not a very positive way to start the new year. So instead I leave you with a prayer. May this year be all that you’re hoping for, and more. May you find peace and happiness, and leave your mark of change. May you discover joy in every breath of nature, and find wisdom in unexpected places. And lastly, may you be a source of solace for everyone around you.

Every year, we make lists. Scribbles and scrolls of what we hope we’ll accomplish as we turn a new page in the book of life. Some feature on lists every year, like losing weight and eating healthier. Others are more personal. Last year Time Magazine had a list of the most popular resolutions (Top 10 Commonly Broken New Year’s Resolution):

• Lose Weight and Get Fit
• Quit Smoking
• Learn Something New
• Eat Healthier and Diet
• Get Out of Debt and Save Money
• Spend More Time with Family
• Travel to New Places
• Be Less Stressed
• Volunteer
• Drink Less

Every year I start with lofty personal aims for the new year, most of them similar to the list above. But like a cartoon I read suggested, New Year Resolutions tend to be a “to-do list for the first week of January” for the most part. So for 2012, I’ve decided that I don’t need a list. Here’s to a spontaneous, unpredictable year. No lists, and no planning.

Happy New Year everyone .

2011 is to over.

Exactly a year back when I was finishing 2010, I had many goals, and challenges set for me. One of them was ‘writing daily‘ which I couldn’t fulfill. I have published 117 posts on this blog, including this one.

To tell you the inside story, I couldn’t do most of what I planned.

I had a to-do list for 2011, which is ending with less accomplishments but thankfully more learning than ever. My purpose was to do few things regularly which would make me a better person for 2011. Gladly, I’m a better person today than what I was a year back.

This time, things are changed. Instead of thinking for what to do in 2012, I have been thinking what not to do.

I want to make it clear to myself, to stop doing few things. Which haven’t been very helping to me. The idea of Not To-Do List was introduced to my by my friend Ivana Sendecka, you can read her post about here.

This is what I’m not doing in 2012. I shall try my best to stand with them all.

I’ll not

• speak (and write) unless I have something truly important to state
• be fooled again by so-called experts
• hesitate to tell the gurus/experts that they are scammers and talkers
• join any majority
• take junk food more than 5 times a month
• make promise, unless I have strong will, time and energy to deliver it
• have too many minds
• say ‘I don’t have money’
• wait it to be prepared enough to ship
• put people in my wait
• work for free
• let the stress take over me

Instead of adding many new actions, focus on changing some currents can help me get better for 2012. This is the idea.

Starting this blog on Jan 01, 2011 was one of the best actions I took this year. Thank you so much of you for knowing and reading me.

I am very much ready to be a improved person and better writer. This blog should result into something big, I think. What you say?

Friends, also tell me what is at your end? What is your Not-To-Do in 2012? I believe you should have one too. Let’s communicate more this year, I would love your comments.

Happy New Year!!! Health, Peace and Money.

Your committed,

Waqas

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